Shelfmark
Ib2.3.05
Main entry--uniform title
Monthly magazine (London, England : Semiannual).
Title
The Monthly magazine: Part ... for ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for R[ichard]. Phillips, no. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1799-1800.
Physical description
[261]-344 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note
Founded and published by Sir Richard Phillips; edited by John Aiken and others. Cf. NCBEL.
Note
Below imprint in brackets: Price eight shillings half-bound.
Note
Title repeated as caption on monthly issues.
Note
Issues include surveys of new publications and new music, marriage and death notices for London and the provinces, a summary of political events, agricultural and economic news and prices.
Note
Monthly issues are continuously numbered; no. XLI constitutes first issue of vol. 7.
Note
Numbering style of monthly issues changes in Mar. 1799 to read: "No. XLII. March 1, 1799. No. 2 of vol. VII."; later issues use this style.
Note
Feb. 1799 was not published; May-June 1799 published as one issue. Each volume includes 6 numbers.
Citation/references note
NCBEL, II:1311
Citation/references note
Ward, W. S. Index of British serials, p. 106
Citation/references note
Bodleian newspapers, p. 105
Citation/references note
ESTC, P2401
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Binding
19th century red calf half-binding; boards covered in orange marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
ECL only has Part I for 1799 from January to June, inclusive (Vol. VII).
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34728